Pump (album)
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| Studio album by Aerosmith | |||||
| Released | September 12, 1989 | ||||
| Recorded | February-June 1989 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 45:37 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Producer | Bruce Fairbairn | ||||
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Pump is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). The album was remastered and reissued in 2001.
Pump was widely acclaimed by both fans and critics upon its release. It has a great deal of musical variety within, yet still has the commercial sheen which makes it accessible to mainstream audiences. It incorporated use of keyboards and a horn section in many of the singles ("Love in an Elevator", "The Other Side"), yet also had straightforward rockers ("F.I.N.E.*", "Young Lust"), a heartfelt ballad ("What It Takes"), songs about important issues like incest and murder ("Janie's Got a Gun") and drug & alcohol abuse ("Monkey on My Back"), as well as a variety of innovative instrumental interludes such as "Hoodoo" and "Dulcimer Stomp."
It is argued to be among the top tier of Aerosmith's most successful albums, and has certified sales of seven million copies in the U.S. to date. It produced a variety of successes and "firsts" for the band. It produced the band's first Grammy award ("Janie's Got a Gun"). "Love in an Elevator" became the first Aerosmith song to hit #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Additionally, it is the only Aerosmith album to date to have three Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and three #1 singles on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album was the fourth bestselling album of the year 1990.[1]
Pump was the second of three sequentially recorded Aerosmith albums to feature the fine teamwork of Bruce Fairbairn's production and Mike Frazer's and Ken Lomas' engineering talents at The Little Mountain Sound Studios.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Young Lust" (Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Jim Vallance) – 4:18
- "F.I.N.E.*" (Perry, Tyler, Desmond Child) – 4:09
- "Going Down" – 0:17 / "Love in an Elevator" (Perry, Tyler) – 5:21
- "Monkey on My Back" (Perry, Tyler) – 3:57
- "Water Song" – 0:10 / "Janie's Got a Gun" (Tom Hamilton, Tyler) – 5:28
- "Dulcimer Stomp" – 0:49 / "The Other Side" (Tyler, Vallance, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 4:07
- "My Girl" (Perry, Tyler) – 3:10
- "Don't Get Mad, Get Even" (Perry, Tyler) – 4:48
- "Hoodoo" – 0:55 / "Voodoo Medicine Man" (Tyler, Brad Whitford) – 3:44
- "What It Takes" (Desmond Child, Perry, Tyler) – 6:28
- After the end of "What It Takes" there is a brief, untitled, instrumental hidden track.
[edit] Personnel
- Tom Hamilton - bass, backing vocals
- Joey Kramer - drums
- Joe Perry - guitar, backing vocals
- Steven Tyler - lead vocals, harmonica, keyboard
- Brad Whitford - guitar
[edit] Additional personnel
- Bob Dowd - background vocals
- Catherine Epps - vocals
- Bruce Fairbairn - background vocals, trumpet
- Margarita Horns
- Randy Raine-Reusch - glass harmonica, wind gong, and bullroarers on "Water Song", Appalachian dulcimer on "Dulcimer Stomp", didgeridoo on "Don't Get Mad, Get Even", Thai naw (mouth organ) on "Hoodoo"
- John Webster - keyboard
[edit] Production
- Producer: Bruce Fairbairn
- Engineers: Michael Fraser, Ken Lomas
- Mixing: Michael Fraser
- Mastering: Greg Fulginiti
- Mastering Supervisor: David Donnelly
- Art direction: Kim Champagne, Gabrielle Raumberger
- Logo design: Andy Engel
- Photography: Norman Seeff
- Tattoo art: Mark Ryden
- John Kalodner : John Kalodner
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | The Billboard 200 | 5 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1989 | "Love in an Elevator" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1989 | "F.I.N.E.*" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 14 |
| 1989 | "Love in an Elevator" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
| 1989 | "Janie's Got a Gun" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1989 | "Janie's Got a Gun" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
| 1990 | "Monkey on My Back" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 17 |
| 1990 | "What It Takes" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1990 | "What It Takes" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| 1990 | "The Other Side" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1990 | "The Other Side" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA - USA | Gold | November 29, 1989 |
| RIAA - USA | Platinum | November 29, 1989 |
| RIAA - USA | 2x Platinum | January 10, 1990 |
| RIAA - USA | 3x Platinum | May 2, 1990 |
| RIAA - USA | 4x Platinum | November 12, 1990 |
| RIAA - USA | 5x Platinum | November 9, 1994 |
| RIAA - USA | 7x Platinum | February 10, 1995 |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 1990 | "Janie's Got a Gun" | Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Pump at MusicBrainz
